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What Would Gunnar Myrdal Say? Sweden, the Right to Health and Ethnic and Racial Minority Migrants
In the 1940s, Swedish Nobel laureate Gunnar Myrdal noted a disconnect between the American creed (liberty and justice for all, equality) and the status of African-Americans (marginalization, disenfranchisement, segregation). Decades later, a similar disconnect is currently reflected in Myrdal's Sweden. The state of health for ethnic and racial minority migrants clashes with Swedish policy dict
Italian and Spanish Refugee Politics in Relation to Libya and Morocco: a Comparative Study in a Human Rights Perspective
The European Union is developing a common asylum system. The goal is to create certain minimum standards regulating the reception and procedures regarding asylum seekers and refugees. The Dublin II Regulation is one of the legal instruments created in this process. It determines which state is responsible for any particular asylum seeker and for their asylum application. The member state that allo
Enforcement of International Human Rights Law Norms While Combating Terrorism: Access to Justice for the Targets of the United Nations Security Council's Targeted Sanctions Regimes
The summary of the present master thesis can be outlined as the following: The international terrorism and the counter-terrorism have been one of the biggest issues and concerns of the international community over the last decades. The international terrorism aims at the very destruction of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. There is no question and the debate that the international terr
Free Movement of Workers: Professionals as a Particular Problem
The European Union boasts free movement of workers as one of its fundamental freedoms for all citizens. However, this freedom does not exist free from controversy or challenging issues. Professional workers raise unique problems when considering the exercise of this freedom. Member States in which the professionals wish to practice are reasonably concerned with assuring that the professionals prac
The 1982 Institute Cargo Clauses
Marine insurance is a contract of indemnity that the insurers protect the insured from the loss of damage caused by perils insured against, and the insured pays the premium. As the global center of marine insurance, the London market produces series of policy forms and attached standard forms widely used by the world. The currently used MAR policy form takes place of the old SG form, with the 1982
The Call for a Normative Framework for International Investments: Mission Impossible?
Despite the increasing significance of foreign investment in the global economy, the extent and intensity of regulation at the multilateral level is disproportionate as compared to that of international trade. Unlike the integrated system established under the World Trade Organization, the governance of international investment is highly fragmented, encompassing an amalgamation of customary intern
Presumption of Innocence in China - FA Comparative Study on International Human Rights Standards and Chinese Law and Practice
According to the United Nations' Human Rights Committee's General Comment 32 on Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the right to equality before courts and tribunals and to a fair trial ''is a key element of human rights protection and serves as a procedural means to safeguard the rule of law'' .Human Rights Committee, General Com
Freedom of speech versus human dignity: a conflict between fundamental rights
This thesis analyses the problem of the conflict between fundamental rights with special attention to the clash between freedom of expression and human dignity In my view the hate speech problem is a good example of this clash: the right to freedom of expression can be in conflict with other human rights, mainly with the right to human dignity. My question is: how should one solve this problem, or
Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour: A Case Study of Children Trafficked for Domestic Work in Uganda.
The problems faced by children trafficked for Domestic Work seems to be a continuing problem. Whereas states have ratified the various conventions aimed at protecting children in this field, the problem persists. Trafficking of children is usually portrayed in a way that most times&semic the children are trafficked across borders from country to country for purposes of being economically explo
A Critical Analysis of DG Competition's Preliminary Sector Report
On January 16, 2008 DG Competition announced the initiation of a Sector Inquiry Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (Text with EEA relevance) OJ L 1, 04/01/2003 p. 1 (''Regulation 1'') Article 17. into the Pharmaceutical Industry which it had begun by conducting unannou
Maritime Law and Legislation in the Context of Administration of Maritime Affairs: A Case Study of Zanzibar in Comparison with the Territories under the Sovereignty of British Crown
Appraising the Distinctiveness of Different Categories of Trade Marks in EC Law
In the doctrine, Articles 7(1)(b) to (d) CTMR, which preclude the registration of non-distinctive, descriptive and generic signs, are considered to form a part of a single, indivisible concept of distinctiveness, which is one of the most fundamental concepts in trade mark law. When assessing the distinctiveness of trade marks under these provisions, the CFI and the ECJ insist that all categories o
The Multimodal Aspects and the Scope of Application of the Emerging Rotterdam Rules
Considering the urgency in uniformity and harmonization of existing law relating to carriage of goods by sea, the Comité Maritime International (CMI) initiated a joint project with UNCITRAL to achieve more uniformity and to replace the Hague, Hague-Visby and Hamburg Rules which are outdated by now and cannot fully satisfy the needs of modern multimodal transport. The result of this joint project b
Responses to Human Trafficking: Securing States or People? From State Security to Human Security Approach
Almost a decade ago, human trafficking became an issue of significant attention and a subject of international and regional legislation and initiatives. Human trafficking became a serious challenge for a global community since it involves such aspects as national criminal justice, national borders and immigration control that traditionally had been issues of internal state competence. Therefore, c
Social linkages in Public Procurement
Public procurement - which can shortly be explained with the government's activity of purchasing goods and services - presents one of the largest economic markets in the world, accounting, on average, for 15 per cent of the gross national product (GDP) worldwide. One of the most controversially debated issues regarding public procurement is that of procurement linkages. The questions evolve ar
Minimizing Risks and Protecting Interests in Ship Finance : Central issues and mechanisms.
In examining the above subjectmatter, this thesis has necessarily touched on key aspects of both international public and private shipping law regarding ship finance. In doing so, it has necessarily also x-rayed the interaction between ship finance and various other key areas of law such as insolvency law, transnational commercial law, contract law etc. In this wise, the ship finance transaction a
Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations: the events of the year 2007
State Responsibility Regarding Domestic Violence Against Women With a Focus on Turkey
Domestic violence is one of the biggest human rights violations that affect women all over the world regardless of their color, nationality, or age. This problem has reached such a degree that women appear to be more at risk of facing violence inside of the home by a husband or partner, than outside by strangers. However, the traditional view that the State cannot be held responsible for acts of v
The Guarantee of the Principle of 'ne bis in idem' within the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The principle of ne bis in idem is one of the fundamental principles recognizing human dignity in criminal procedures. The principle's objective is to convey legal certainty to the individual. It aims to ensure this by prohibiting 'double jeopardy', i.e., an individual cannot be subjected to criminal proceedings more than once for one and the same - allegedly criminal - conduct after o